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Solar System Ambassadors

NASA''s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.

In Depth | Earth''s Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA''s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.

The Solar System

The solar system includes the Sun, planets, dwarf planets, moons, rings, asteroids, comets, and particles of dust.

The solar system—facts and information | National Geographic

This digital collage brings together our solar system and points beyond in one view.

In Depth | Titan – NASA Solar System Exploration

The discovery of a global ocean of liquid water adds Titan to the handful of worlds in our solar system that could potentially contain habitable environments.

Solar System

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The Solar System includes the Sun and all objects that are bound to it by gravity and orbit it. The International Astronomical Union describes the Solar System as all objects that are bound by the gravity of the Sun, the Sun itself, its eight planets, and the other celestial bodies which orbit it. NASA describes the Solar System as a planetary system, including the Sun and all objects that orbit it.

Solar System: Planets, Moons, and the Sun

With each planet, moon, asteroid, and comet, the solar system tells a story of birth, destruction, rebirth, and motion—stories

By the Numbers | Earth''s Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA''s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.

Solar system | Definition, Planets, Diagram, Videos, & Facts

The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and all natural objects that orbit it either directly or

In Depth | Kuiper Belt – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA''s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.

In Depth | Moons – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA''s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.

Science 101: The Solar System

The solar system is located in the Milky Way''s Orion star cluster. Only 15% of stars in the galaxy host planetary systems, and one

In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration

Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as

NASA/JPL Eyes

NASA''s Solar System Interactive (also known as the Orrery) is a live look at the solar system, its planets, moons, comets, and asteroids, as well as

In Depth | Sun – NASA Solar System Exploration

NASA''s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.

Raw Images – NASA Solar System Exploration

This gallery contains the full record of the Cassini spacecraft''s raw images taken from Feb. 20, 2004 to Cassini''s end of mission on Sept. 15, 2017. The archive will remain